Transport in Denmark

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Transport in Denmark is developed and modern.

Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Railway links with adjacent countries 1.2 Local city networks 1.3 Metros 2 Cycle tracks 3 Highways 4 Waterways 5 Pipelines 6 Ports and harbours 6.1 North Sea 6.2 Baltic Sea 6.3 Øresund 6.4 Kattegat 6.5 Limfjorden 7 Merchant marine 8 Airports 8.1 Airports — with paved runways 8.2 Airports — with unpaved runways 8.3 List of airports 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

[edit] Railways

The largest railway operator in Denmark is Danske Statsbaner (DSB) — Danish State Railways. Arriva operates some tracks in Jutland, and several other smaller operators provide local services, mainly outside the Copenhagen area.

Total

2,859 km (508 km privately owned and operated)

Standard gauge

2,859 km 1.435 m gauge (600 km electrified at 25 kV AC; 760 km double track) (1998)

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[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries

• Sweden — yes — same gauge — voltage change 25 kV AC/15 kV AC.
• Germany — yes —same gauge — voltage change 25 kV AC/15 kV AC.

The Oresund Bridge provides a rail connection with Malmö, Sweden. These trains have 20-minute schedule, and continue further in the Skåne County.

There is a railway connection from Hamburg to Copenhagen through:

• The old Little Belt Bridge — 1935
• The Great Belt rail link with the Western Bridge and the Eastern Tunnel — 1997.

A train ferry opened about 1960 from Rødby, Denmark to Puttgarden, Germany provides a short cut from the Danish capital to Germany. The daytime trains Hamburg–Copenhagen still use this ferry. The night trains to Germany however use the Great Belt connection.

[edit] Local city networks

S-Train

A traditional suburban train network in the greater Copenhagen area.

[edit] Metros

Copenhagen Metro

An automated driverless metro system with 26 trains, 17 stations and 16.8 km of track, operated by Serco.

[edit] Cycle tracks

Denmark, and especially Odense and Copenhagen, are notable for its extensive system for bicycle transportation. Nearly one-fifth of all trips in Copenhagen are by bicycle, and for home-to-work commutes, nearly one third of all trips are by bicycle. Odense has been appointed the "bicycle-city of the year" because of the vast amount of bicycle-tracks in the town. A complete network of 350 km all-weather serviced tracks are laid out in the town — this is as much as some states in Germany.

Danish cycle tracks comprise of a whole network of road area exclusively designated for bicycle traffic. Generally these cycle tracks run one-way on either side of the road, as a separate lane system between the center of the road, driven on by motor vehicles, and the sidewalk. Where there is parallel parking, the cycle tracks are generally found outside the row of cars, between the parked cars and the sidewalk. Cycle tracks are usually wide enough for two bicycles to ride side-by-side (2.2 m), particularly in urban areas. This allows for passing on the lefthand side and a greater space buffer between cyclists and motor vehicles. In Copenhagen's 2002–2012 Cycle Policy, the city described plans to widen some of the lanes to fit 3 bikes across (3.5 m) in particularly congested areas. On the main-roads, the roads are usually separated into two or three lanes, each with its own traffic lights and directional arrows, so as to assist bikers in getting faster from one point to another during rush-hours.

As an experiment started in the end of 2006, Nørrebrogade, the main street in the Nørrebro area in Copenhagen, has had its traffic lights set for a "green wave" at 20 km/h to let the bikes get through without stopping, while cars mostly have to stop at every light. This is to make it more advantageous to ride a bike than to drive a car.

[edit] Highways

Total

71,437 km

Paved

71,437 km (including 1010 km of expressways)

Unpaved

0 km (1998 est.)

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[edit] Waterways

There is 417 km of waterways in Denmark.^[1]

[edit] Pipelines

Crude oil

110 km

Petroleum products

578 km

Natural gas

700 km

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[edit] Ports and harbours

[edit] North Sea

• Aalborg
• Esbjerg

[edit] Baltic Sea

• Copenhagen
• Aarhus
• Fredericia

[edit] Øresund

• Køge

[edit] Kattegat

• Grenå
• Kalundborg
• Odense

[edit] Limfjorden

• Struer

[edit] Merchant marine

Total

336 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,190,227 GRT/6,815,128 DWT

Ships by type

Bulk

12

Cargo

132

Chemical tanker

22

Container

70

Liquified gas

26

Livestock carrier

6

Petroleum tanker

24

Rail car carrier

1

Refrigerated cargo

13

Roll-on/Roll-off

19

Short-sea passenger

8

Specialized tanker

3 (1999 est.)

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[edit] Airports

Denmark has 118 airports. (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports — with paved runways

Total

28

Over 3,047 m

2

2,438 to 3,047 m

7

1,524 to 2,437 m

3

914 to 1,523 m

13

Under 914 m: 3 (1999 est.)

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[edit] Airports — with unpaved runways

Total

90

1,524 to 2,437 m

1

914 to 1,523 m

7

Under 914 m

82 (1999 est.)

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[edit] List of airports

• Aalborg Airport (IATA AAL for Aalborg) (Homepage)
• Aarhus Airport
• Billund Airport (IATA BLL, for Billund) (Homepage)
• Bornholm Airport (IATA RNN for Rønne]] (Homepage)
• Copenhagen Airport (IATA CPH for Copenhagen) (Homepage)
• Karup Airport
• Odense Airport
• Roskilde Airport
• Sønderborg Airport

[edit] See also

• Denmark
• Road traffic in Denmark
• Transport in the Faroe Islands

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Denmark. The World Factbook. CIA. Retrieved on April 26, 2007.
2. ^ Denmark has created its own internal register, called the Danish International Ship register (DIS); DIS ships do not have to meet Danish manning regulations, and they amount to a flag of convenience within the Danish register (1998 est.)

[edit] External links

• Public transportation Route Planner
• Online Map, Address lookup
• Copenhagen Airports
• All railway tracks
• City of Copenhagen: City of Cyclists